America's Future

Hour 1: Millennials are in danger of becoming the first generation in American history to have a lower standard of living than their parents. Meanwhile, an ever-expanding older population of Americans is straining the social safety nets. We’ll talk this hour about the challenges facing our nation in the near future with Paul Taylor of the Pew Research Center. His new book is The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown (PublicAffairs).